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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr McMillen)
Edward Pola (arr. Tim McMillen)
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General Info
Year: 1963
Duration: c. 2:55
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknoen
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year is a popular Christmas song written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The Andy Williams Christmas Album.
The song is a celebration and description of activities associated with the Christmas season, focusing primarily on get-togethers between friends and families. Among the activities included in the song is the telling of "scary ghost stories," a Victorian Christmas tradition that has mostly fallen into disuse, but survives in the seasonal popularity of numerous adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Other activities mentioned include hosting parties, spontaneous visits from friends, universal social gaiety, spending time with loved ones, sledding for children, kissing under the mistletoe, roasting marshmallows, sharing stories about previous Christmases, and singing Christmas carols weather.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Symphonic Winds and Navy Band Northeast (William Drury, conductor; NEC Chamber Singers) - 12 December 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr. Moss) (1963/1994)
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr. Sharp) (1963/2009)
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr. Story) (1963/2007)
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (arr. McMillen) (1963/)
- Marching Along Together
- Old Mister Whiskers
Resources
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Wikipedia Accessed 26 December 2022